Description

Any applicant who has successfully completed the Proficiency in Survival Craft Refresher (MIDATL-749) course will satisfy the competency requirements of Table A-VI/2-1 of the STCW 2010, as amended, for Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats Other Than Fast Rescue Boats (PSC), for those seafarers not having evidence of 1 year of sea service within the last 5 years provided that the applicant has previously been issued a Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats other than Fast Rescue Boats endorsement, and will satisfy the professional examination and practical demonstrated requirements of 46 CFR 12.407(b)(3) for endorsements for Lifeboatman and PSC.

The objective of this course is to renew the certification for student in the areas relevant to Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats Other Than Fast Rescue Boats, and, in doing so, satisfy company, national and international regulations and assessment guidelines as stated in Standards of Training Certification and Watchkeeping as amended section A-VI/2. This syllabus covers the requirements of the STCW Code Section A-VI/2 Mandatory minimum requirements for the issue of certificates of proficiency in survival craft, rescue boats, and fast rescue boats and Table A-VI/2-1 Specification of the minimum standard of competence in survival craft and rescue boats other than fast rescue boats

Competence

Take charge of a survival craft or rescue boat during and after launch

Knowledge, understanding, and proficiency

Construction and outfit of survival craft and rescue boats and individual items of their equipment

Particular characteristics and facilities of survival craft and rescue boats

Various types of device used for launching survival craft and rescue boats

Methods of launching survival craft into a rough sea

Methods of recovering survival craft

Action to be taken after leaving the ship

Methods of launching and recovering rescue boats in a rough sea

Dangers associated with use of on-load release devices

Knowledge of maintenance procedures

Competence

Operate a survival craft engine

Knowledge, understanding, and proficiency

Methods of starting and operating a survival craft engine and its accessories together with the use of the fire extinguisher provided

Competence

Manage survivors and survival craft after abandoning ship

Knowledge, understanding, and proficiency

Handling survival craft in rough weather

Use of painter, sea-anchor and all other equipment

Apportionment of food and water in survival craft

Action taken to maximize detectability and location of survival craft

Method of helicopter rescue

Effects of hypothermia and its prevention; use of protective covers and garments, including immersion suits and thermal protective aids

Use of rescue boats and motor lifeboats for marshalling liferafts and rescue of survivors and persons in the sea

Beaching survival craft

Competence

Use locating devices, including communication and signaling apparatus and pyrotechnics

Knowledge, understanding, and proficiency

Radio life-saving appliances carried in survival craft, including satellite EPIRBs and SARTs

Pyrotechnic distress signals

Competence

Apply first aid to survivors

Knowledge, understanding, and proficiency

Use of the first-aid kit and resuscitation techniques

Management of injured persons, including control of bleeding and shock